Pulikuthi Upperi Recipe - Spicy & Tangy Palakkad Poriyal Recipe

Name: Pulikuthi Upperi Recipe - Spicy & Tangy Palakkad Poriyal Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 piece Banana (1 Raw Banana peeled and cut into small cubes); 1 cup Pumpkin (1 cup Kaddu (Parangikai/ Pumpkin) cut into small cubes); 6 pieces Okra (6 Bhindi (Lady Finger/Okra) cut into 1 inch pieces); 20 g Tamarind (20 grams Tamarind lemon sized, soaked in warm water); ½ tsp Ground Turmeric (1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)); 1 tsp Jaggery (1 teaspoon Jaggery); 2 tbsp White Rice (2 tablespoons Rice); 1 tsp Fenugreek Seed (1 teaspoon Methi Seeds (Fenugreek Seeds)); 7 pieces Dried Red Chili (7 Dry Red Chillies); 1 tsp Mustard Seeds (1 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)); 1 sprig Curry leaves (1 sprig Curry leaves); ¼ tsp Asafoetida (1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)); 0 pieces Coconut Oil (Coconut Oil for cooking); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt to taste)

A spicy and tangy South Indian vegetable stir-fry from Palakkad, Kerala, featuring separately cooked raw banana, pumpkin, and okra seasoned with a ground spice powder and tamarind-jaggery base.

30 minIndian

Servings4

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Steps

1To begin making Pulikuthi Upperi Recipe, soak the tamarind in 1/2 cup of hot water for 5 minutes, squeeze out the pulp and keep aside.
2Dry roast the raw rice, fenugreek seeds and dried red chilies in a small pan on low heat until it turns golden and aromatic. Grind it into a fine powder using a mixer grinder and keep aside.
3Since all the vegetables have different cooking times, we will cook each of them separately.
4Into a kadai, heat 1 teaspoon of oil add the raw banana, sprinkle some salt and stir fry until the raw banana is tender and cooked. You can can cover the pan and cook the raw banana until done. Keep this aside.
5Into the same kadai, add 1/2 teaspoon oil; add the pumpkin, sprinkle salt, the tamarind pulp, jaggery, turmeric powder and stir fry until the pumpkin is tender and cooked. You can can cover the pan and cook the pumpkin until done. Keep this aside.
6Lastly for the Pulikuthi Upperi, into a new kadai, add 1/2 teaspoon oil; add the mustard seeds and allow them to crackle. Add the hing and curry leaves and saute for a few seconds.
7Add the bhindi, sprinkle salt and stir fry until the bhindi is tender and cooked. You can can cover the pan and cook the bhindi until done.
8Add the cooked pumpkin, the raw banana and the ground spiced into the cooked bhindi and stir until well combined. Check the salt and chillies and adjust to suit your taste. Once done, turn off the heat and serve the Pulikuthi Upperi hot.
9Serve the Pulikuthi Upperi Recipe along with Steamed Rice, Thakkali Vengaya Sambar, Curd and Appalam for a delectable weeknight dinner.